Device Having Controllable Adhesion
AssigneeLeibniz-Institut fuer Neue Materialien gemeinnuetzige GmbH
InventorsEduard Arzt, Robert McMeeking
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Abstract
A combination includes a first device and a second device, wherein both devices comprise at least one surface and the surface of the first device comprises at least one recess. At least one contact surface is formed when the surface of the first device attaches to the surface of the second device. By applying external pressure, the adhesion force between the two devices can be switched back and forth between at least two states.
Claims14
A combination, comprising:
- a first and a second device, both devices each having at least one surface, the surface of the first device having at least one recess;
- and when attached to the surface of the second device by adhesion forces, at least one contact area is formed which comprises at least one common contact area wherein the contact area in at least one recess has at least one region which has not formed any common contact area.
A device comprising a structured surface with controllable adhesion to a surface, wherein the structured surface has at least one recess;
- and as attached, the surface forms at least one contact area, wherein the contact area in the at least one recess has at least one region which has not formed any common contact area, and the common contact area can be changed reversibly between at least two states of different adhesion force by pressure on the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.